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Kansas Vacations.

Kansas is a Midwestern state in the United States.

Regions in Kansas : Cherokee Strip, Flint Hills, High Plains, Kansas City Metropolitan Area, Smoky Hills and Red Hills

Largest Cities in Kansas : Dodge City, Emporia, Garden City, Hays, Hutchinson, Junction City, Kansas City, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Leawood, Lenexa, Manhattan, Olathe, Overland Park, Pittsburg, Prairie Village, Salina, Shawnee, Topeka and Wichita

Capital City State Kansas : City of Topeka.


car rental, hostels, hotels, national parks, tour operators, travel guides, transportation / traveling to kansas

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Camping & Campgrounds

 Kansas Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds (KARVC)
 Kansas RV Parks & Travel, Inc. (KAN-RVT)

 Go Camping America
 Koa  -  Campgrounds of America
 National Park Service Campground and Tour Reservation Site
 Funroads  -  Get Outta Town!
At Funroads.com, you'll find everything you need to organize your next RV trip, so you can relax and enjoy the process. In Get Outta Town, we can help you: Plan your trip and count the days until you depart, Get a map and driving directions, Check on the weather forecast, Find easy-to-make recipes for meals and snacks en route.

Car Rental Kansas

 Alamo -  Luxury Discount Auto Rental Company
 Avis
 Budget Rent A Car
 Dollar Rent A Car
Dollar Rent A Car has suburban and on-airport car rental locations in all major cities throughout the United States.
 Hertz
 National Car Rental
 Thrifty Car Rental 
Convenient rental car locations across the United States.

Hostels

 Kansas Bed & Breakfast Association (KBBA)

 Hostelbookers.com  -  Great Hostels, Free booking, Fast & Easy to use
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.
 IYHF - International Youth Hostel Federation

Hotels in Kansas

 HotelCentraUSA
Search and compare rates at USA hotels. They offer hotels ideal for business and leisure travel. You're sure to find an ideal hotel room to match your budget and desired comfort level. 
 USA Lodging
With a list of over 60,000 accommodations establishments, this directory is an impressive list of motels and hotels on the web. Use the search tool to find what you're looking for in seconds, or navigate to your destination city from the list of states.
 Hotels.com

National Parks

 KDWP - Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks

 National Park Service - National Parks in the USA
The NPS works with communities to preserve and care for neighborhood treasures. They also work with teachers to create unique opportunities for students to learn about history at the real places where events unfolded.

Tour Operators / Travel Agents



 Hawes Ranch Outfitters
European style big game hunts, Great American West buffalo hunts.

 Kansas Travel Guide
TravelKS.com is the official web site of the Kansas Department of Commerce, Travel & Tourism Division. This site offers travelers the opportunity to plan vacation and leisure travel trips, including lodging, attractions, and events throughout KS. If you're traveling in the Midwest, or you're driving from Colorado to Missouri on I-70, or from Oklahoma to Nebraska or Iowa on I-35, Kansas offers many great adventures on your route. From old west history to a relaxing, restful getaway, enjoy a vacation in America's heartland - Kansas, as big as you think.
 Kansas Guides & Outfitters Association (KOA)
 Try Southwest Kansas
Southwest Kansas has the right mix of attractions and hospitality to satisfy everyone in your tour group. From the Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City, to Dorothy's House in Liberal, to the Boot Hill Museum in Dodge City, experience the flavor of this Kansas corner!
 Wild West Country 
One of the Midwest's hidden treasures. 22 counties in Southwest Kansas, with wide-open spaces, magnificent sunrises and sunsets, and diverse, sometimes rugged, landscapes.
Once you step into one of the small town cafes for a piece of homemade pie, stand out on the sand-sage prairie and you wonder what the settlers of this great land experienced more than 125 years ago.

Travel Guides Kansas / Related books

Books about Kansas 

Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer
Product Description : The first choice of outdoors enthusiasts. Beautiful, detailed, large-format maps of every state. Perfect for home and office reference, and a must for all your vehicles. Gazetteer information may include: campgrounds, attractions, historic sites & museums, recreation areas, trails, freshwater fishing site & boat launches, canoe trips or scenic drives.
Paperback; Publisher: Rand McNally & Company; 3rd edition (January 1, 2006); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0899333427; ISBN-13: 978-0899333427
Kansas Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff
by Pam Grout (Author)
From the Back Cover : Kansas Curiosities is your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Sunflower State has to offer. Humor columnist Pam Grout has combed Kansas for one-of-a-kind gems that make her home state truly unique.You'll see artwork fashioned solely from fossilized shark teeth, spend the local "funny money" that bears the likenesses of such Kansas luminaries as William Burroughs, and discover an underground city beneath an ordinary thrift shop.Whether you were born and raised in Kansas or are a recent transplant, Pam Grout's home-grown humor will have you laughing out loud as she introduces you to the neighbors you never knew you had and take you to the places you never knew existed - right in your own backyard.
Paperback: 288 pages; Publisher: Globe Pequot; 1.00 edition (September 1, 2002); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0762723297; ISBN-13: 978-0762723294

Transportation / How do I travel to Kansas

 Wichita Airport [ Wichita Mid-Continent Airport - ICT ]
 Garden City Airport  -  Garden City Regional Airport [ GCK, KGCK ]
 Hays Airport  -  Hays Regional Airport [ HYS, KHYS ]
3 miles (5 km) southeast of the city of Hays
 Kansas Local Airports

 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights  -  Flights to Kansas

 Allegiant Air
 Delta Airlines
 United Airlines - Domestic Airline Tickets

 Amtrak - American Railways

 Greyhound Lines - Coach Line

 Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) 

 Maps of Kansas [ Uni Texas  -  Perry-Castañeda Library  -  Map Collection ]
 Mapblast! Driving Directions  -  streetmaps etc.
Provides interactive maps and driving directions, as well as extensive information on services and products near a user's address or travel route.
 Mc Nally  -  Route Planner Kansas / USA
 Multimap.com


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 Travel Insurance 

 Kansas Travel Guide
TravelKS.com is the official web site of the Kansas Department of Commerce, Travel & Tourism Division. This site offers travelers the opportunity to plan vacation and leisure travel trips, including lodging, attractions, and events throughout KS. If you're traveling in the Midwest, or you're driving from Colorado to Missouri on I-70, or from Oklahoma to Nebraska or Iowa on I-35, Kansas offers many great adventures on your route. From old west history to a relaxing, restful getaway, enjoy a vacation in America's heartland - Kansas, as big as you think.
 Kansas Tourism

 Kansas Government

 City of Topeka - Capital City State Kansas 
Topeka, laid out in 1854, was one of the Free state towns founded by Eastern antislavery men immediately after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. In 1857, Topeka was chartered as a city. County Seat Shawnee County.

 Amazing 100 Miles Tourism Coalition
 Kansas I-35 Tourism Coalition
 Kansas I-70 Association
 Kansas Nature-Based Tourism Alliance (KNBTA)
 Kansas Route 66 Association
 North Central Kansas Tours
 Northwest Kansas Travel
 Solomon Valley Highway 24 Heritage Alliance
 South Central Kansas Tourism
 Southeast Kansas Tourism Region
 Wild West Country

 Cherokee Strip
The Cherokee Strip of Kansas, in the United States, was a disputed strip of land on the southern border of the state. See also Cherokee Outlet in present-day Oklahoma.
 Flint Hills
The Flint Hills, historically known as Bluestem Pastures, are a band of hills in eastern Kansas, extending from Marshall County in the north, to Cowley and Chautauqua counties in the south.
The largest town in the Flint Hills region is Manhattan, Kansas. The Flint Hills Scenic Byway passes through the Flint Hills.
 High Plains  -  subregion of the Great Plains
The High Plains has one of the lowest population densities of any region in the continental United States.
 Kansas City Metropolitan Area
 Smoky Hills
The Smoky Hills are hills in the north central section of Kansas. The hills contain many strange rock formations and bluffs [ e.g. Rock City, Monument Rocks, Castle Rock, Mushroom Rock, Kanopolis State Park ]..
 Red Hills - region in the southern and central parts of Kansas
The region is also known as the Gyp Hills, because of the large natural deposits of gypsum in this area.

 Dodge City  -  Dodge City  -  county seat of Ford County  -  Visit Dodge City
During the time of cattle drives Dodge City was a point where the end of the cattle driving was completed and the cattle were put onto trains to be taken to towns for processing.
 Emporia  -  Emporia  -  Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce 
Founding city of Veterans Day and home of the All Veterans Tribute! 
 Garden City  -  county seat of Finney County
 Hays  -  county seat of Ellis County
 Hutchinson [ Reno County ] - Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce
Largest city and county seat of Reno County.
 Junction City  -  Junction City  -  the county seat of Geary County
Fort Riley, a major U.S. Army post, is nearby.
 Kansas City  -  Wyandotte County and Kansas City - third largest city in state of Kansas
Situated at the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers, the city is opposite Kansas City, Missouri, of which it is considered a suburb, and is included in the bi-state Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
 Lawrence  -  City of Lawrence - river city in Douglas County
Clinton Lake is located approximately three miles (5 km) southwest of Lawrence and has areas for boating, swimming, fishing, and camping.
There are a variety of mountain biking venues, including the trails at Clinton Lake, and the river trails by the Kansas River.
 Leavenworth  -  City of Leavenworth  -  suburb of Kansas City, Missouri
Located in the northeast portion of the state, it is situated on the west bank of the Missouri River.
 Leawood  -  city in Johnson County and a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri
 Lenexa
 Manhattan  -  Home of Kansas State University  -  CVB Manhatten 
Located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. Visitors are drawn to Manhattan by Kansas State University sporting events, performing arts, lecture series, and the annual Country Stampede - a large outdoor country music festival.
 Olathe  -  county seat of Johnson County
As a suburb of Kansas City, it is the fifth largest city included in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. It is bordered by the cities of Lenexa to the north and Overland Park to the east.
The GPS manufacturer Garmin is headquartered in this city.
 Overland Park  -  second most populated city in the state of Kansas
Overland Park is located in the southwest section of the Kansas City area, 35 miles from Kansas City International Airport, and minutes from Kansas City, Mo. It's near Olathe, Lenexa, Prairie Village and Leawood. See Overland Park Convention & Visitors Bureau.
 Pittsburg  -  City of Pittsburg  -  located in Crawford County
The city has a rich cultural heritage from many European mine workers who settled in and around Pittsburg. The city was founded in 1876, and incorporated in 1880. It is situated in the centre of productive coal fields.
 Prairie Village  -  city in Johnson County and is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri
Remnants of the Santa Fe Trail are found in the city.
 Salina
In 1860 Salina, the westernmost post on the Smoky Hill Trail, began to establish itself as a staging post for prospectors traveling to Pike's Peak, as well as a trading post between local native tribes, and Fort Leavenworth.
 Shawnee  -  City of Shawnee  -  a western suburb of Kansas City, Missouri
Shawnee's fur trading and pioneering heritage blends histories of these Kansas Territory townships: Monticello and Shawnee. See CVB Shawnee.
 Wichita  -  City of Wichita
Wichita, also known as the Air Capital, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas, as well as a major aircraft manufacturing hub and cultural center. The city is home to five major aircraft manufacturing companies and McConnell Air Force Base.
Wichita is located in South Central Kansas on the Arkansas River, and is the county seat of Sedgwick County.

 Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center is a museum and educational facility in Hutchinson, Kansas that is best known for the display and restoration of space artifacts.
 Kansas Undergorund Salt Museum
Visitors to the salt museum will enjoy a trip 650 feet below ground where they will board a tram that takes them to over 100,000 square feet of galleries devoted to telling the story of salt from the earliest known use to the present day. Patterned after salt museums in Wieliczka, Poland and Hallstatt, Austria, the Kansas Underground Salt Museum will be the only museum that exists in a working salt mine anywhere in the Western Hemisphere.
 News  -  Manhatten Mercury
 News  -  Salina Journal Newspaper 
 News  -  The Emporia Gazette
 News  - Topeka Capital Journal Online
 News  -  The Hutchinson News
 News  -  Wichita Eagle Newspaper
 Radio Kansas  -  Public Radio Kansas
 TV  -  Kansas City Public TV
 University  -  Kansas State University
 University  -  Emporia State University 
 University Topeka  -  Washburn University

Cuisine - Kansas Foods / Recipes

 Wheat Mania!  -  see 'All about Wheat / Recipes and othr information'
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers Educational Web Site
 Beef Food Service  - Beef Recipes
 Kansas Restaurant & Hospitality Association (KRHA)

History of Kansas

The state was first settled by Americans in the 1850s by abolitionists from Massachusetts, who attempted to stop the spread of slavery from neighboring Missouri. Kansas, which became a free state, was a hotbed of violence and chaos in its early days as pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces collided. After the Civil War, the population of Kansas exploded as wave after wave of immigrants turned the desolate prairie into productive farmland.

 Kansas History Online  -  Accessible History Is Just A Click Away
KansasHistoryOnline is a project of the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas in association with the Kansas State Historical Society.
 Kansas Heritage Group 
 History of Kansas [ Wikipedia ]
Prehistory [ The Paleo-Indians & Archaic peoples, Introduction of agriculture ], European visitation and local tribes, United States annexation and westward trails [ 1820s to 1840s and the Indian nations, Early 1850s and the territory organization, Territory ceded, Kansas Territory, Wars / battles & sieges, Wakarusa War, Sacking of Lawrence, Pottawatomie Murders and more.
 Kansas History Museum 
The Kansas Museum of History features areas devoted to Native American History, the settling of Kansas, the battles over Kansas statehood, Civil War, African American History, and more recent developments. Exhibits include a fully stocked covered wagon ready for a trip on the Oregon Trail, a 1950s diner made by the Valentine Industries, a Biplane built in 1914 by A.K. Longren, and weapons.
 Old West Kansas History

 Boothill Museum  -  Dedicated to the preservation of the history of Dodge City and the Old West
Dodge City was founded in 1872 and quickly became the world's largest shipping point for Longhorn cattle. Dodge was the wildest of the early frontier towns, but law and order was soon established with the help of men such as Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, and Bill Tilghman. See also Dodge City Trail of Fame.

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment

 Kansas Museums Association (KMA)
 Topeka Performing Arts Center 

 Dodge City Days, Dodge City
 Tulip Time at Binkley Gardens, Topeka

 Ticketmaster.com  -  Concerts, Sports, Theater

Web Portals / Search Engines / Kansas Directories

 Meetkansas.com 
Kansas is proud to call Middle America home. And being in the center of it all makes us the perfect location for your next convention, meeting, conference or reunion. Whether you are planning a convention for thousands or a small meeting - Kansas has everything you need.

 Bike Across Kansas (BAK)
 Blue Skyways
 Kansas AgriTourism
 Kansas Buffalo Association
 Kansas Cattle Towns Coalition
 Kansas Explorers Club
 Kansas Farmer's Markets
 Kansas Golf Association (KGA)
 Kansas Women's Golf Association (KWGA)
 Kansas on the Net (KOTN)
 Kansas Preservation Alliance (KPA)
 Kansas Sampler Foundation
 Kansas Scenic Byways
 Kansas Sport Hunting Association (KSHA)
 Lewis & Clark in Kansas
 Meet Kansas
 National Drovers Association
 Play Kansas
 Santa Fe Trail
 Tourism Arts Alliance of Kansas (TAAK)
 Travel Industry Association of Kansas (TIAK)

 Roadside America  -  online guide to offbeat tourist attractions
 Theme Parks USA
Directory of Theme Parks, Amusement Parks, Waterparks & Zoos


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